How it supports each recommendation

Infrastructure Australia has applied a theory of change framework to bridge the gap between the opportunities and challenges identified in the 2019 Audit and Infrastructure beyond COVID-19 and outcomes that would improve quality of life for Australians.

Figure IV.2 illustrates the 2021 Plan's theory of change framework. This sets out how the recommendations will be supported by the activities and intermediate outcomes that contribute to that change.

This step-by-step representation of the pathway to realise the vision of the 2021 Plan of higher quality of life and increase national productivity. The theory of change provides a narrative for structuring policy reform to improve outcomes in infrastructure service delivery to enable this change.

In addition, the detailed plans for each of the six infrastructure sectors and three cross-sector themes include an illustrated theory of change for each recommendation. These demonstrate the logical flow of activities that respond to current issues and lead to a pathway of outcomes at a level of detail that is useful for making policy decisions.

These plans should be supported by more detailed planning by the proposed change agents working towards implementing the recommendations.

Figure IV.2: The theory of change framework steps out the pathway to change